Improvement in hinges



rel of the hinge.

UNiTnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL SELDEN, OF FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP, ERIE COUNTY, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN C.SELDEN, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT vIN HINGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,649, dated February13, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL SELDEN, of the township ot' Fairview, in thecounty of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulmachine, which I denominate a Reversible Loose- Jointed Door-Hinge;77and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to thc annexed drawings, makinga part of this specification,in Which- Figure l is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a vertical sectionthrough the center ofthe joint, and Fig. 3 the hinge bolt or pivot.

A, B, G, and D are Wings of the hinge; cfg h, heads or barrel of hinge;j 7c lm n o p, necks of hinge; q, Fig. 3, the `enlargement of the centerof the pivot. This is like awasher, but is irmly xed on the center ofthe pivot. Its diameter is aboutthe same as that of the bar- The doorcan be lifted from The heads are in the middle of the wings. The twoWings, with their heads, are alike.

The operation with the improvement is as follows: The hinge, Fig; l,stands as it would on a door swinging from the observer to the left. Toapply it to a door swinging to the right take the Wings apart, put Aabove and let it become O, Fig. 2, the pivot being taken out and placedso that the enlarged center kj, Fig. l, falls at n o, Fig. 2. This visajsimple method of reversing the hinge and applying it to both right andleft hand doors. The same countersinks of the Win gs answer for allcases, and the heads c 7c, Sto., can be s et on curved necks l 7c, Src.,out of the plane of the Wings, as in the common hinge.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The movable pintle, constructed With the IiXed washer or enlarged centerQ, in combination With the two leaves of a hinge, constructedsubstantially as described.

. SAMUEL SELDEN.

Witnesses I. W. WIT-MORE, F. GURLZE.

